So When Do We Get Invited to the White House?

My little boy, at age 7, is about to have his first national publishing credit! A letter he wrote has been selected to appear in a Random House book, Kids' Letters to President Obama. In his letter, he offers to teach the president to be a better bowler, and he explains that his elementary school was named after George Washington's house. The book will be out next month.

Catherine M. Petrini

Who Am I?

I am a published author of 28 books for children and young adults, a former magazine editor, and mom to an 8th-grader. My published works include 20 books for Sweet Valley High and other teen fiction series, all written under pseudonyms. My nonfiction kids' books, written under my own name, are on topics ranging from Dragons to Stonehenge to the Cherokee Indians. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, drawing, photography, traveling, overthrowing the governments of small countries, befriending dragons, slaying demons, and ruining my son's life by making him do his homework.